Expert individuation of objects increases activation in the fusiform face area of children

NeuroImage

Volumn 67, Issue , 2013, Pages 182-192

  James, Thomas W ^a   James, Karin Harman ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Face recognition; FMRI; Object recognition; Perceptual expertise; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUSIFORM FACE AREA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIVIDUALIZATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; SCHOOL CHILD;

BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 84871031301     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.11.007     Document Type: Article

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